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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.swing;

import java.awt.Component;

import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;

/**
 * An interface which represents a Tag which is capable of containing AWT Components.
 * So tags such as ContainerTag and LayoutTagSupport implement this interface as they can have
 * nested child component tags.
 */
public interface ContainerTag {

    /**
     * Adds a child component to this container with optional constraints.
     * If the constraints are null they are ignored
     */
    void addChild(Component component, Object constraints) throws JellyTagException;
}
